Once you finish a product, you want people to love it. When you write a book, you want to sell it. That’s natural.
But oftentimes, people define success as reaching the end of the journey.
This creates two problems:
Do this for too long, and finding success turns into an endless race.
Success and happiness aren’t the same thing.
Jim Carrey famously said, “I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.”
Nobody cares if you reach the summit of a mountain by helicopter.
People care about the struggles you underwent.
What you tried.
Who you became.
How you changed someone’s life.
And what you gave to others along the way.
These are the things that matter.
The destination might be the goal…
But the journey is the outcome.
Once you realize this, your whole standard of success will change for the better.